Here are this week’s list of recommended strength and conditioning reads:

Tensing, Bracing, and Stiffening: The Core Contraction Conundrum – This is an excellent post from Dean Somerset on different levels of activation for various core stability exercises.

How to Fix a Broken Diet: 3 Ways to Get Your Eating on Track – Here’s another results-backed article from the crew at Precision Nutrition. Try these strategies out if you’re looking to get your nutrition plan on the right path.

Growing Left, Growing Right – I enjoyed this piece in the New York Times, as it was a sign that the mainstream media is catching on to the “normal asymmetries” discussions that are taking place in the fields of health and human performance.